Ionic Polymer Metal Composites Ipmcs Smart Multifunctional Materials And Artificial Muscles Vol 1 Shahinpoor Mohsen Ed by Shahinpoor Mohsen (ed.) 9781782622581, 9781782620778, 1782622586, 178262077X instant download after payment.

Mohsen Shahinpoor, Mohsen Shahinpoor, Mohsen Shahinpoor, Hans-Jorg Schneider, Kentaro Takagi, Il-Kwon Oh, Maurizio Porfiri, Kwang J Kim, Urmas Johanson, Veiko Vunder, P.J. Costa Branco, Xiaobo Tan, Kam Leang, Ron Lumia

Ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs) can generate a voltage when physically deformed. Conversely, an applied small voltage or electrical field can induce an array of spectacular large deformation or actuation behaviours in IPMCs, such as bending, twisting, rolling, twirling, steering and undulating. An important smart material, IPMCs have applications in energy harvesting and as self-powered strain or deformation sensors, they are especially suitable for monitoring the shape of dynamic structures. Other uses include soft actuation applications and as a material for biomimetic robotic soft artificial muscles in industrial and medical contexts. This comprehensive volume on ionic polymer metal composites provides a broad coverage of the state of the art and recent advances in the field written by some of the world’s leading experts on various characterizations and modeling of IPMCs. Topics covered in this two volume set include uses in electrochemically active electrodes, electric energy storage devices, soft biomimetic robotics artificial muscles, multiphysics modeling of IPMCs, biomedical applications, IPMCs as dexterous manipulators and tactile sensors for minimally invasive robotic surgery, self-sensing, miniature pumps for drug delivery, IPMC snake-like robots, IPMC microgrippers for microorganisms manipulations, Graphene-based IPMCs and cellulose-based IPMCs or electroactive paper actuators (EAPap). Edited by the leading authority on IMPCs, the broad coverage will appeal to researchers from chemistry, materials, engineering, physics and medical